Les Portes-en-Ré

Les Portes -en- Ré is a municipality with 637 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011), on the Ile de Ré on the French Atlantic coast. It is a village with a small port on the north coast of the Ile de Ré, opposite the coast of Vendée.

The municipality of Les Portes has some of the best beaches on the island. The shoreline on the north coast of the island, between Saint- Clément -des- Baleines and Portes, consists of a six kilometer long and several hundred meters wide beach, which is half owned by Les Portes. On the east coast, opposite the Vendée, lies about six kilometers long beach of Trousse chemise. A little further south, there is the beach of La patache. This is the oyster farmers as the basis for their special ships. These are very stable, flat metal boats with extremely shallow draft and hochziehbarer drive unit consisting of motor and propeller. Often the boats are also on the sides or one wheel in front and a hitch, so they can be pulled by tractors directly to the domestic operation, without having to reload the harvested oysters on the beach.

The construction of the bridge between La Rochelle and Rivedoux -Plage in 1988, tourism has been rising strongly, the people of Les Portes have understood it but to get a large extent the character of their community. Despite the great vacationers Andrangs the designated conservation areas remain undisturbed.

History

A legend tells how the name of the wood, La Chemise Trousse to have originated: in 1627 the French had driven under the leadership of Toiras the English under the Duke of Buckingham from the island. As they left their ships to you Fier d'Ars, the French lifted their shirts up on the beach ( troussèrent leurs chemises ) and showed their retreating foes her buttocks.

Tourism

• In the village there are several well-equipped campsites close to the beach, which also have rentable mobile homes.

Sports

• Surfing
• Golf

Attractions

• La Place de la Liberté, a place of encounter with the Bazenne, a restaurant café for receiving families, groups and youth organizations.
• Church Saint Eutrope
• L' ancienne the railway of l' Ile de Ré ", built in 1898 Gare (former railway station).
• The Chapel of La Chapelle de la Redoute.
• The old port
• The bird sanctuary l' Îleau of Niges et ses oiseaux to the base of the LPO ( Ligue de Protection des Oiseaux ), French League for Bird Protection
• The beaches Gros Jonc, Petit Bec, Lizay, La Loge and Plage de la Chiouse
• Le Banc du Bûcheron, the Bank of the woodcutter. From here you can see the very beautiful bay of the Fier d' Ars at low tide.

On the coast of Les Portes in Trousse Chemise

Beach of La patache. In the background of the oyster boats